The Life and Times of Johnny Cockroach
by Breyten Breytenbach. A controversial and highly symbolic play about **. First produced at the Grahamstown Arts Festival in 1999, directed by Marthinus Basson. The cast included Dawid Minnaar, Lanon Prigge, Samantha Pienaar, Sibongile Mngoma (voice), Zoliswa Kawe, Beatrice Joubert, Riana Alfreds, Johannes Kerkorrel, Samson Kumalo, Anton Smuts, Charlton George, Chris Vorster, Gert Kruiper, Sean Kruiper and Jaco Bouwer.
The Life and Times of Johnny Cockroach. With Dawid Minnaar, Aletta Bezuidenhout, Sibongile Mngoma. Director and designer Marthinus Basson. January 2000, Artscape.
First published in the South African Theatre Journal in 2002.
Sources
National Arts Festival programme, 1999.
Nico Malan Theatre pamphlet
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